Mikey D

I'm surprised there was no decision today on the Tom Izzo front. After not hearing anything Friday, I thought Izzo would think it over during the weekend, and then announce his plans today. After all, he was the one who said he wasn't going to drag this thing out.

I really want Izzo to stay (Last night I actually dreamed he announced he was taking the Cavs job, to a crowd at Breslin, and everybody broke into tears), but now I am getting a little perturbed.

I know he's always been intrigued by the challenge of the NBA, but I always thought if he ever took an NBA job it wouldn't be at MSU's expense. I thought he'd fall in love with the right situation and he'd tell Michigan State how much they've meant to him and he'd ride of into the sunset. I never imagined he'd put the program and its fans through such a torturous hell as this past week has been.

Izzo has talked about how he wants MSU to be considered one of the premier programs in basketball. But by dragging out this decision he's treating it as second-rate. The program does not deserve to be left in this limbo- with fans, players, the athletic department, recruits, boosters...and on and on- wondering what's next. Each day that passes makes it feel like Izzo loves MSU less and less; that he's trying to find out more information about a job he'd rather have. If you loved MSU, than you wouldn't go about it like this, Izzo. You'd at least be more open and honest, instead of keeping everyone in the dark.

I'm just at the point where I'm starting to feel really hurt. I feel blindsided by this whole Cleveland courtship, and I feel emotionally drained by how it's all playing out. It's almost like a break-up that comes out of the blue, where we're getting dumped for someone better (LeBron), despite our significant other (Izzo) telling us we were so great for all those years. And that feeling sucks.

It's quite possible that tomorrow Izzo will come out and say he is staying, and then he will proceed to say all the right things about his true love, MSU. Everything will soon be forgotten, and in due time everything will return to normalcy. By the time midnight madness rolls around and we beat Cupcake St. in our opener by 50, Izzo will be cheered, and Dan Gilbert will again just be known as "the guy who owns the Cavs".

But the fact remains Izzo still flirted with the pretty girl at the party. And he did it in front of our faces, and he did it for awhile. And he doesn't seem to care that he did.

That's tough, for me personally, to stomach.

~Mikey D